Release Date: November 11
I always knew I’d marry my first everything, Declan Yaeger, the Southern boy with Irish roots. That was before he became my first heartbreak, a NHL superstar with a playboy reputation I no longer recognize.
The summer he left our small, Tennessee town, to pursue his hockey dream is the summer my life changed. That was seven years ago, before he became a defenseman for the Boston Hawks. Before I became fixated on my career, losing pieces of myself along the way.
To protect my grandfather's legacy, I agree to marry my oldest childhood friend, Henry. But when I enter the Church on my wedding day, the grey eyes piercing mine aren’t my fiancé’s.
They’re Declan’s, the last person I expect to show up with an offer of his own. One I can’t refuse even though my heart should know better than to accept.
Will my marriage to Declan heal the broken between us? Or are we destined to repeat the mistakes of our past?
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My review:
Vivi learns after the death of her grandfather that he had added a wedding stipulation to his will and if she doesn’t marry by her next birthday, she will lose control of her beloved foundation. She has worked hard leading the Harrison Foundation and if her cousin becomes an equal partner the foundation will suffer. With no prospects of husbands in her life, she asks her best friend Henry to marry her. As the time of the wedding is approaching, she lets Henry off the hook just in time for Declan to arrive on the scene.
Declan and Vivi had known each other since childhood and were high school sweethearts. But everything changed when he left to pursue his hockey career and never came back to town. When Declan’s father tells him Vivi is marrying Henry, Declan leaves his first game on the team to make it there before the wedding. Discovering why Vivi needs to get married, he offers to marry her. He has a lot of questions about the past and hopes by marrying her they can have a second chance.
The Trailblazer is the seventh book in the Boston Hawks Hockey series. While I have read a few of the books, I had no trouble reading any of them as a standalone. The book was well written, had low angst, and was entertaining. I loved seeing characters from previous books and the rest of the team. The teammates and their wives have a strong connection and are amazingly supportive of each other. Vivi and Declan had issues that kept them apart and they were all due to a lack of communication. Once they started communicating with each other their relationship grows. Their connection was strong, and I was so happy they got a second chance together. This was a great book and it led to the next one. I look forward to reading it next.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Meet Gina Azzi
I’m Gina Azzi, a book-obsessed, coffee-drinking, globetrotting, mama of soon-to-be three! I write sweet with a dash of spicy New Adult and Contemporary Romance full of good men putting in work to win the hearts of even better women.
A total Jersey girl at heart, I struggle with insatiable wanderlust and currently reside in Ontario, Canada with my family.
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